The Great Disney Adventure
a Disney story by talking2myself
DISCLAIMER: See chapter. 1
Chapter. 37 A Showstopping Musical Number!
"Kelsey, what were you thinking?!" Emma admonished once Kelsey was safely onboard The Spirit. "You could have killed yourself. You could have landed on your head."
"Actually,"Sophia said before waving her hand dismissively, "Nah, it's too easy."
"Gee, Emma," Kelsey grumbled, "I'll think about that next time I throw myself from a twelve story building!" Kelsey straightened herself upright and looked forwards. "Have we reached the factory yet?"
"There it is," Jack said, "Bring her down, Sophia."
Sophia landed in between two cars in the large parking lot and the whole crew tumbled off The Spirit. Kelsey jumped off and looked around in confusion.
"You coming, Kelsey?" Emma asked as they headed towards the factory.
"Is this it?" Kelsey asked.
"Is what it?" Sophia snapped, "Will you hurry! Or are we gonna wait around for the CDA to catch up with us."
"It's too easy!" Kelsey cried, "I mean, all we have to do is park the car and stroll right inside like this is some sort of... WALMART!"
"I for one think it's a nice change of pace compared to always running for our lives!" Sophia retorted.
"If it makes you feel any better," Jack said slinging an arm around Kelsey, "Look out there! The Ocean! The factory is conveniently located next to the shoreline. The Pearl is right over there." He pointed out into the distance. Kelsey could see its black ragged sails even from where they stood. "Very handy should we need an escape route," Jack said, "Which is probable."
"Very probable," Will said, "But Sophia is right we should hurry before someone..."
"TWENTY THREE NINETEEN!"
"Wha..?" Suddenly, a mob of CDA agents flung themselves out of nowhere and landed on top of Jack in a mass dogpile. "Gerroff me!" Jack wailed. The CDA agents were armed to the teeth with scrub brushes and vacuums.
"Honestly!" Sophia cried, "Who is that obsessively clean?" Kelsey looked at Sophia incredulously.
"Are you serious?" she asked.
Will yanked two of the CDA members off Jack while Kelsey kicked two more off. Jack scrambled to his feet next to Jack. "Thanks mate," he said.
"I shouldn't have stopped them," Will said, "That's probably the first bath you've had in ages."
"How did they find us so quickly?!" Sophia cried.
"They had a tip," A large figure made her way through the yellow crowd of CDA agents. Ursula. She leered at them visciously. Kelsey felt sick to her stomach.
Will raised an eyebrow skeptically, "She looks pretty mad. Is she another one of your friends, Jack?"
Jack shook his head vehemently, "I can honestly say that I have nothing to do with this one!"
"I... er actually... we've met," Kelsey muttered, "We had a minor misunderstanding."
"Which was?" Will asked.
"I kinda sorta tried to feed her to the Krakken," Kelsey said.
"Oh," Will said, "Spectacular."
"You're going to regret tricking me, girl," Ursula spat angrily.
"I'm not afraid of you," Kelsey scowled.
"Oh we'll see about that," Ursula said. She chuckled wickedly and clutched the shell shaped necklace at her neck. Suddenly, a mysterious noise drifted out of it. It was a hauntingly beautiful, and oddly familiar, melody. Ariel's voice!
"She still traded her voice?!" Kelsey groaned, "Why does love have to make people so stupid!"
"Kelsey, nothing's happening," Emma pointed out. Kelsey realized that Emma was right. She didn't feel any change at all.
"Ha!" Kelsey laughed victoriously, "What did you plan to do? Lull us to sleep? Not today! Finish her off Will." Kelsey patted Will on the back. Will didn't move at all. "Will?" Kelsey asked. She turned and looked at Will. His eyes glowed a strange green color and he stared ahead blankly. "Uh oh," Kelsey said.
"Jack, are you more drunk than usual?!" Sophia demanded waving her hand in front of his face. Jack didn't even blink.
Kelsey suddenly remembered what had happened in the movie. Ursula had used Ariel's voice to hypnotize Eric. "We may have a problem," Kelsey said.
"Yes, Will," Ursula agreed, "Finish her off."
Will suddenly turned and advanced towards Kelsey. He moved stiffly like a puppet. Kelsey backed away from him slowly. "Now Will," she said, "I don't want to hurt you."
Kelsey flung herself backwards just barely missing Will's sword. Sophia caught Kelsey as she toppled over. "I don't think you have to worry about you hurting him."
"Watch it!" Kelsey cried as Jack came at them from the other side. Kelsey leapt to her feet and kicked Jack hard in the stomach. Winded Jack fell over. Sophia looked up at Kelsey in confusion.
"I thought you didn't want to hurt them," Sophia said.
"I didn't want to hurt Will," Kelsey muttered.
"Why are they acting so funny?" Emma cried.
"It only works on men, apparently," Kelsey said as she scooped up her cousin and ducked away from Will's wild sword.
"Do something!" Sophia cried, "They like you best!" Ursula sat back laughing as Jack and Will both drew their swords and the girls backed into the shallows.
"We need something to drown out that music," Kelsey said.
"Like what?!" Sophia cried drawing her feather duster like a sword.
"I got it!" Kelsey cried suddenly, "NESSIE!"
Ursula stopped laughing. Suddenly, the water began to bubble. Nessie's long neck shot out of the water. He looked down at Kelsey. "Ahoy lassie! Need help?!"
"I need your bagpipes!" she yelped, "Play them now! I have an audience for you."
"Really?!" he cried eagerly, "Sure! One moment." Nessie swooped down beneath the water and emerged with his bagpipes. A horrible blasting noise echoed out of them. Several of the CDA agents wailed and ran away. Kelsey threw her hands over her ears. A horrible grimace spread across Ursula's face. "What on earth?!" The sound faded away powerless against Nestor's bagpipe solo. Ursula let out a scream of pain before throwing herself back into the water.
"Oi!" Jack cried. Kelsey let out a sigh of relief. The green glow had left his eyes. He was back to normal... or at least as normal as Jack could get.
"You're okay!" she cried.
"That horrible noise!" Jack wailed, "Me bloody ears! Someone do me a favor and chop them off!"
"Any other day I would oblige you," Kelsey muttered, "But we don't have time!" She grabbed Jack's arm and dragged him and Will both into the factory. "Come on, Sophia!" Sophia had been following them, but she turned and picked up one of the abandoned vacuum weapons that the CDA had left behind. "Sophia!" Kelsey snapped.
"What?!" Sophia shrugged, "It could come in handy."
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Kelsey and her friends raced into the factory. A few monsters stopped and stared at them in astonishment. She could hear one short green monster holler out, "TWENTY THREE NINETEEN!" Kelsey frowned. Those are my two least favorite numbers right now! Suddenly, Kelsey heard two voices stick out above the others.
"What are you two doing?!" Kelsey whirled around to see a slinky purple monster glaring at a short green monster with one big eye and a tall, hairy, blue monster. Randall, Mike, and Sulley. Just the monsters they needed to find.
"They're rehearsing for a play," another monster said as they passed.
"She's out of our haaair!" Mike sang in a loud voice.
"How come I never heard of this play?" Randall asked narrowing his eyes suspiciously.
Kelsey scurried across the room to Mike's side, "Hello guys!" she said casually, "So glad I could find you. I was afraid we would miss rehearsals. We're the monster actors you hired for the play. You know, we play the deadly humans."
"Oh er right of course," Mike said trying to laugh it off before muttering out of the corner of his mouth, "Who are you people and what do you want?!"
"I'll explain later," Kelsey muttered back, "Let's get out of here!"
"Wait a second!" Randall said suddenly. He slunk around Kelsey's legs suspiciously. "You're a theatre troupe?"
"Yes, sir," Jack said quickly stepping in, "The M.O.T.L.E.Y. crew. My name is Jack. This is our lead soprano, Will..."
"If you're a theatre troupe," Randall said, "Then, let's hear one of your songs."
"Songs?" Kelsey asked nervously. She laughed awkwardly, "Of course. Our songs. One second." She huddled together with her comrades nervously. "We're in trouble."
"What else is new?" Sophia muttered.
"They want to hear a song," Kelsey said.
"We don't know anything about music!" Will cried.
"Wait!" Jack cried, "She knows!" he pointed to Kelsey.
"What makes you think I know anything about music?!" Kelsey cried. Jack looked pointedly at her BAND GEEK T-shirt. Kelsey closed her jacket over it quickly. "You shouldn't believe everything you read," she muttered. "We have to find something." she pulled out her Ipod and began to search through the songs.
"The Bare Naked Ladies!" Jack cried eagerly.
"It's a band, Jack!" Kelsey retorted.
"I should very much like to meet this band," Jack said.
"An all MALE band, Jack," Kelsey snapped.
Jack cringed, "Now why would they lead a fellow on like that? It's like when I found out there's no "rum" in "butter rum" candy." Jack paused thoughtfully, "Hmm. Come to think of it. No butter either."
"Focus Jack!" Kelsey snapped.
"That one, Kelsey!" Emma cried pointing at a song, "It's the one from Monster's Inc.!"
"What?!" Kelsey cried, "What's that doing on my Ipod."
Emma shuffled awkwardly from one foot to the other, "You left your computer on the other day and..."
"We're waiting!" Randall grumbled.
"You're on, love," Jack cried before shoving her forwards. Kelsey cleared her throat awkwardly.
"Well, eh here's a number from our latest show, Put That Thing Back Where It Came From," Kelsey said, "Enjoy." Kelsey glanced over at Mike and Sulley. Mike was gnawing his fingernails away. Kelsey drew a deep breath, grateful for all the years she had taken choir.
"If I were a rich girl," she sang, "With a million or two. I'd live in a penthouse. In a room with a view. And if I were beautiful..."
"No way," Jack muttered behind her.
"It could happen," Kelsey scowled, "These dreams do come true. But I wouldn't have nothing if I didn't have you."
"Wouldn't have nothin'. Wouldn't have nothin'," the others sang in the background. Jack jumped up to sing with Kelsey, "Can I tell you something? For days I have envied..."
"You're green with it," Kelsey muttered.
"Your grace and your charm," Jack interupted
"Well go on," Kelsey said, "Everyone loves you."
"I know, I know I know,"Jack said with a grin.
"And I must admit," Kelsey sang reluctantly, "In the end you always come through. And I wouldn't have nothing if I didn't have you."
"You and me together," they sang as Jack whirled Kelsey around, "That's the way it should be."
"One without the other,"Kelsey sang dizzily, "Don't mean nothing to me."
Jack slung his arm around Will and sang, "Ya know I wouldn't be nothing. Without you to serve."
"You don't say," Will said.
"I'm just a punky pirate," Jack continued, "That gets on everyone's nerves!"
"Everyone!" Will agreed. "Hey I never told you this. But sometimes I get a little blue."
"But it looks good you, mate," Jack said. Will shrugged.
"I wouldn't have nothing if I didn't have you," he sang.
"Aww!" Jack cried, "Let's dance."
"WHAT?!" Will cried. Jack grabbed Will and whirled him around a few times.
"Check this out!" Jack cried, "Two dancing pirates are pretty light on their feet! Look Ma! I'm dancing!" Jack spun Will out. Will grabbed Kelsey and threw her into Jack's arms.
"Your turn!" Will cried.
"Jack!" Kelsey warned.
"Hello love!" Jack whirled Kelsey around and suddenly Kelsey realized what he was trying to do."
"Don't you dare dip me! Don't you dare dip me! Don't you dare dip me! ARGH! OHH I SHOULD HAVE STRETCHED!"
"Yes I would be nothing!" Will sang.
"If I didn't have you," Jack interrupted.
"Yeah, I know what you mean..." Will said.
"I wouldn't know where to go," Jack sang again.
"Me too because..."
"Or know what to do."
"Why do you keep singing my part?!"
"Don't have to say it!" thetwo sang together.
"Aww! Say it anyway!" Kelsey piped.
"Because we all know it's true!" Emma piped.
"Sing it Emma!" Jack cried.
"I wouldn't have nothin' if I didn't have," Emma sang. Kelsey joined in with her. "I wouldn't have nothin' if I didn't have!" Then, Will and Jack joined in. "I wouldn't have nothing if I didn't have... YOU!"
Sophia suddenly burst in singing, "ONE MORE TIME! BIG ONE!" Miraculously a monster choir jumped out from behind a curtain.
"Don't have to say it!" they all sang. Kelsey turned around in surprise.
"Hey where did all of they come from?!"
"Oh we all know its true!" they sang.
"Take it home, Kelsey!" Jack cried shoving Kelsey into the front.
Kelsey belted out in her loudest singing voice, "I wouldn't have nothing if I didn't have. I wouldn't have nothing if I didn't have. I wouldn't have nothing if I didn't have. You. You. You. You!" she pointed at each one of her friends. "A-E-I-O that means you!"
"YEAH!" Kelsey dropped back into Will and Jack's arms and they lifted her into the air. The monster choir had dispersed as quickly as it had come.
Randall stood there for a few moments stroking his chin, "Well, it definitely needs work!" He turned and slunk away. Kelsey scowled at him as he walked away.
"Music hater!"